Conflicting testimony in trial of former W. Sac officer accused of sexual assault

Inconsistencies in witness testimony came to light Thursday morning as the trial for a former West Sacramento police officer facing sexual assault charges continues.

Sergio Alvarez, 37, is accused of using his position as a uniformed police officer to coerce at least five female victims to have sex with him. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping, sexual penetration, oral copulation and sodomy.

J. Toney, defense council for Alvarez, questioned one of the women, referred to as "TG," asking her, among other things, about a phone call made to the Internal Affairs Division of the West Sacramento Police Department.

The nature of this call was to report the sexual assault. TG claimed that she did not make the call herself, but rather a friend, identified as "CK" made the call and reported the incident for her.

"I was distraught, CK was right there," she said. TG said she was sitting right next to him when he made the call, admitting that she was too scared to report anything herself.

"He (Alvarez) could kill me for all I knew," she said.

Toward the end of his questioning, Toney told TG that there is no record of such a call.

CK was called up to the witness stand next, and Supervising Yolo County Deputy District Attorney Garrett Hamilton asked him about TG.

"You could tall that she was upset," CK said. "She looked like she was trying to hold it in."

TG told CK about the sexual assault the night after it happened. Her story, similar to the other victims, starts with her walking the streets of West Sacramento. She was stopped by Alvarez who told TG that she had a warrant and that he would take her to jail if she did not perform certain sexual acts.

TG complied, to both oral copulation and sexual penetration in the back seat of his police car, after which Alvarez released her.

When CK heard this, he told her "you need to do something about this." CK said he made a phone call to his mother, who has a friend that works in corrections, to ask her advice. His mother later called him back, and said that TG should make a phone call to internal affairs.

According to CK, he relayed this information to TG whom he described as being "ashamed" and worried that no one would believe her story.

Toney asked CK if he made any calls to internal affairs regarding TG. He said that he did not call, but simply advised TG to call herself.

When CK was dismissed, his mother "PK" was called to the stand. She was asked if she received a call from her son regarding TG. She did not receive a call, but said her son came over to her house. She remembered the visit because he was visibly upset about what happened to his friend, and that the two discussed the issue in person more than once.

Although it is unclear as to whether a call to internal affairs was made, TG did report the incident to a West Sacramento police officer when she was arrested on a unspecified bench warrant a few months later.

Alvarez was arrested in February 2013 and remains in custody with bail set at $26.3 million.

The jury will hear further testimony at 10:30 a.m. on Friday in Department 2. The trial is expected to continue into next week.